Government type in Ireland

Ireland is a parliamentary, representative democratic republic and a member
state of the ... Executive power is exercised by the government, which consists of
no more than .... Members of the Dáil are directly elected at least once in every
five years under the single transferable vote form of proportional representation
from ...

The Government of Ireland (Irish: Rialtas na hÉireann) is the cabinet that
exercises executive .... This leads to a phrase in correspondence by government
departments, "the Minister has directed me to write", on letters or documents that
the ...